In a 2011 land agreement between the City of Charleston, and Charleston County School District, the deal called for CCSD to renovate the field, using more than $2 million dollars owed the City, instead putting it towards that project. That money would come from the district's capital cycle between 2016-2021.

To date, renovations have not begun.

"The big issue here is not to save Stoney Field, but to build what we need," retired Burke football coach Earl Brown said. Brown led the football team on Stoney Field for nearly 30 years.

Built in the early 1960's, the field suffered major damage after Hurricane Hugo, and has been renovated 14 times. For the second time this season, conditions on the field have been ruled unsafe to play because of soggy ground, that's also sinking.

"Well, it was built on a garbage dump," retired Army Sgt. Herman Allen said. Allen served on a committee to maintain Stoney Field, which included getting it ready for game day. "It was revealed that it was a mutual agreement between the city and the school district."

Eight years later, Allen still holds a copy of plans from 2007 to renovate the stadium.

"Well that never transpired," he said. "I would love to see that individual that took that two million dollars and stuck in their pocket and went home, because it didn't go to Stoney Field."

Gilliard has called a meeting with city leaders on Sept. 25 on the issue.

CCSD released information Friday night following the airing of the story stating that it has an agreement to put money into a deal where the city would put in their share once there is an understanding on what will be done concerning Stoney Field.

"We have told folks that we are going to use money in the current building program to purchase an analysis on the field," officials said."This will tell us what we are dealing with structurally and geographically, and what we can build and to what level. District and City staff have had conversations but we have just now agreed to do a complete cost analysis for what can be done."

District officials said the costs for Burke to play at Johnson Hagood are around $5,000 for four games plus costs that go into security ($800) and offsetting Burke's lost concessions sales revenue ($3,000).